More than a dozen suicides have been blamed on the companies, based on claims that they knowingly designed algorithms that drew children down dangerous and addictive paths.
Employees at Meta Platforms Inc. and ByteDance Inc. were aware of the harmful effects of their platforms on young children and teenagers but disregarded the information or in some cases sought to undermine it, according to claims in a court filing.
“No one wakes up thinking they want to maximize the number of times they open Instagram that day,” one Meta employee wrote in 2021, according to the filing. “But that’s exactly what our product teams are trying to do.” In their defence, the social media giants point to a 1996 law that gives Internet platforms broad immunity from claims over harmful content posted by users.that will likely determine the fate of the litigation in Oakland.
The filing says Zuckerberg was personally warned: “We are not on track to succeed for our core well-being topics , and are at increased regulatory risk and external criticism. Snap had no immediate comment on the court filing. Representatives of TikTok didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
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